高いシンビオントの関係性は,真菌を栽培する白の相互協力を安定させる
Duur K Aanen1, Henrik H de Fine Licht, Alfons J M Debets
1Laboratory of Genetics, Wageningen University, 6700 AH Wageningen, Netherlands. duur.aanen@wur.nl
Science (New York, N.Y.)
|December 8, 2009
まとめ
アフリカの真菌を栽培するセミアリは,関連株を促進することによって,単一の真菌共生体変異体を維持します. このメカニズムはシンビオントの安定性を確保し,相互関係における不正を防止します.
科学分野:
- エコロジー エコロジー エコロジー
- シンビオスのシンビオシス
- 菌類学 菌類学とは
背景:
- 相互主義的な関係は,自由に拡散し,複数のパートナー遺伝子型を持つことで,安定性の課題に直面します.
- 高度の共生関係が理論的にこれらの関連を安定させると予測されていますが,強制メカニズムは十分に理解されていません.
研究 の 目的:
- アフリカのキノコ栽培の白が,そのキノコの共生体との安定した相互関係を維持するメカニズムを調査する.
- 遺伝的多様性の可能性にもかかわらず,共生者の関係性がどのように強制されているかを理解するために.
主な方法:
- アフリカの真菌を栽培する白によるTermitomyces symbiontの多様性の伝播を分析した.
- シンビオント菌株の選択におけるインノキュレーション密度と菌糸融合の役割を調査する.
- 菌株の発生頻度が胞子生産効率に与える影響を評価する.
主要な成果:
- 甲虫は,遺伝的に変異する環境の胞子から,そのTermitomyces symbiontの単一の変異種を繁殖させる.
- 高い注射密度と,クローン的に関連したミセリア間の融合は,株の頻度に比例して胞子産生を高めます.
- このプロセスは,各宿主コロニーの生涯を通じて,安定した単一シンビオントの連結につながります.
結論:
- この研究は,真菌を栽培するセミアリにおける共生関係性を強制するための新しいメカニズムを明らかにしています.
- このポジティブな強化戦略は,浮気シンビオントの進化を効果的に防止します.
- この発見は,垂直シンバイオントの伝播がこれらの白に滅多にないことを説明し,それが進化的に派生した特徴であることを示唆しています.
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